whereupon

英 [ˌweərəˈpɒn]

美 [ˌwerəˈpɑːn]

conj.  然后; 于是; 随之; 据此; 因此

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牛津词典

conj.

• 然后；于是；随之；据此；因此
  and then; as a result of this
  1. He told her she was a liar, whereupon she walked out.
     他对她说她在说谎，她便愤然而去。

柯林斯词典

• CONJ-COORD 于是;随之
  You usewhereuponto say that one thing happens immediately after another thing, and usually as a result of it.
  1. Mr Muite refused to talk to them except in the company of his legal colleagues, whereupon the police officers departed...
     缪特先生拒绝在没有其律师同事陪同的情况下和他们说话，于是警察们就离开了。
  2. 'Well, get on with it then,' said Dobson, whereupon Davies started to explain.
     “那好吧，继续吧，”多布森说，于是戴维斯开始解释。

双语例句

• He saw me coming, whereupon he offered me his seat.
  他看到我来，于是把座位让给了我。
• Slowly, Grandmother Chen raised her head and looked around, whereupon the "acolyte" tugged at Xiangzi to make him kowtow.
  慢慢的，陈二奶奶抬起头来，点着头看了看大家；童儿扯了扯祥子，教他赶紧磕头。
• These two causes made him answer in a very low and hesitating voice; whereupon a gentleman in a white waistcoat said he was a fool.
  由于这两个原因，他回答的时候声音很低，而且很犹豫，一位穿白色背心的先生当即断言，他是一个傻瓜。
• Independence was granted in 1960, whereupon the Republic descended into civil war.
  1960年，乍得获准独立，这个共和国由此陷入了内战。
• We have a constitution whereupon the country run its government.
  我们有一部国家赖以施政的宪法。
• The vicar having opened it and found it to contain a book, read a few pages; whereupon he jumped up from his seat and went straight to the shop with the book under his arm.
  牧师打开包裹一看，里面是一本书，就翻开读了几页；读后他再也坐不住了，就从座位上跳起来，挟著书直奔书店而去。
• After a while I was ordered out of the room, whereupon I met Bert and lion again, the latter looking ashen.
  过了一阵子，我被叫到屋外，又遇见了伯特和莱昂，莱昂已是面如土色。
• She laughed at him, whereupon he walked out.
  她嘲笑他，他随之离去。
• Addy stared at them in amazement, whereupon all three burst out laughing.
  阿迪惊讶地盯着他们，于是他们3个人都放声大笑起来。
• We went home for a coffee, whereupon VIV became violently ill with food poisoning.
  我们回家去喝一杯咖啡，随后维夫患了严重的食物中毒。